Pastoral Miscellany of the Four Seasons (IV) is a poem by Fan Chengda, a poet of the Song Dynasty.
Original text:
Pastoral Excitement in the Four Seasons (IV)
Fan Chengda (Song Dynasty)
Quietly watching the eaves spiders weaving their webs Low, unnecessarily hindering the flight of insects.
The dragonfly was hanging upside down and the bee was embarrassed, so he called the mountain boy to help him.
Translation: Quietly watching the spiders on the eaves build webs to block the free-flying bugs. The dragonfly hangs next to the bee's nest, as if calling the mountain boy to rescue him.
Extended information:
Pastoral Miscellany in the Four Seasons" is a set of large-scale pastoral poems written by the Southern Song Dynasty poet Fan Chengda after he retired to his hometown. It is divided into spring, late spring, summer and autumn. There are five parts: day and winter, each part contains twelve songs, totaling sixty songs. The poem describes the scenery of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter in the countryside and the lives of farmers. It also reflects the exploitation suffered by farmers and the hardship of life.
"Pastoral Miscellany in the Four Seasons" (the title means: various pastoral interests in the four seasons) has 60 poems, which is like a long picture scroll of rural life. It is divided into four poem volumes of spring, summer, autumn and winter, including 12 pastoral poems in spring, 12 pastoral poems in late spring, 12 pastoral poems in summer, 12 pastoral poems in autumn, and 12 pastoral poems in winter. It describes different scenes in the countryside in four seasons and vividly draws a dynamic picture of rural farming.
Reference material: "Pastoral Miscellany in Four Seasons" - Baidu Encyclopedia